Prof. XinCheng Xie obtained his B.Sc. in physics from University of Science and Technology of China in 1982 and Ph.D. from University of Maryland in 1988. He became a faculty member in Department of Physics at Oklahoma State University in USA in 1991 and was named Regents Professor in 2004. He worked as a Chief Scientist and Director of Laboratory of Condensed Matter Theory and Computation at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005-2010. Prof. Xie joined Peking University in 2010 as a Chair Professor and the Founding Director of International Center for Quantum Materials. In 2011 he was appointed Dean of School of Physics at Peking University. Prof. Xie became Division Director of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2016. Prof. Xie was elected as a Fellow of American Physical Society in 2008 and a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015. He has been an editorial board member of several international peer-reviewed journals, such as a Divisional Associate Editor for Condensed Matter Division of Physical Review Letters since 2013. He also serves as a member of international advisory committee of many international conferences and institutes.